-et Word Family: Word List & Practice
-et Word Family words follow one repeating pattern, so a child who can read one of them has most of what they need to read the rest. This list has 11 kindergarten-level words plus 4 decodable sentences. Practice them out loud — the most common error is reading high-frequency -et words from memory rather than truly decoding.
- get
- jet
- let
- met
- net
- pet
- set
- vet
- wet
- yet
- fret
Practice these words out loud
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Try these out loudDecodable Sentences
Every word in these sentences uses sounds your child has already learned, so they can be read by decoding rather than guessing.
- Let the wet pet get a net.
- We met the vet at the jet.
- Set the net, not the pet.
- I have not seen the jet yet.
How to Teach -et Word Family Words
The -et family includes several extremely high-frequency words — 'get,' 'let,' 'met,' 'set' — that children will encounter constantly in early readers, so fluency here pays off across almost every book they pick up next. Because so many -et words are also common sight words, some children read them from memory before they can truly decode them; it is worth double-checking true decoding skill by presenting a less familiar -et word, like 'fret' or 'vet,' and seeing if they can sound it out the same way.
This family also offers a natural moment to talk about rhyming versus spelling: 'debt' rhymes with 'net' but is spelled completely differently, which is a gentle, age-appropriate way to introduce the idea that rhyme and spelling pattern do not always match, without derailing the main lesson.
Common Mistakes to Watch For
- Reading high-frequency -et words from memory rather than truly decoding
- Confusing short e with short i, drifting 'get' toward 'git'
- Skipping the final t sound in fast, casual reading